EDV:VPN

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Windows

-> EDV:Windows Remote Desktop

OpenVPN
  • open "http://portal.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/kipvpn" and login with your KIP-Account
  • depending on your Windows version download "openvpn-install-2.4.8-I602-Win7.exe (Win 7 lokale Kopie der Installationsdatei)" or "openvpn-install-2.4.8-I602-Win10.exe (Win 10 lokale Kopie der Installationsdatei)"
  • also download the ZIP-file of the configuration files, unzip it and copy/move the files to "c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config"
  • if in the taskline on the bottom on the right side no symbol of OpenVPN is shown open the "OpenVPN GUI" in the start-menu
  • do a right-click on the "OpenVPN"-Symbol and select "connect"/"Verbinden"
  • to open the vpn-connection you have to use your KIP-Account and the password of it to login
  • open "remotedesktopconnection"/"remotedesktopverbindung" and set as remote host the hostname of your pc <host-name>.kip.uni-heidelberg.de and click "connect"/"verbinden"
  • now the connection should be established

macOS

Cisco Anyconnect

Cisco Anyconnect is needed to establish VPN connections provided by the URZ. You can download it directly on their server (you have to login with the URZ-account). After installing it you have to chose "Uni-Heidelberg - vpnsrv1" as server and connect by "<KIP-username>@kip.uni-heidelberg.de" as user and your KIP-password.

kipvpn

kipvpn.kip.uni-heidelberg.de is an internal server of the KIP to establish OpenVPN connections. You can download the needed software and configuration on portal.

  • download ā€žTunnelblick_3.8.1_build_5400.dmgā€œ listet at ā€žMac OS-X - Tunnelblickā€œ and the configuration files by downloading ā€žAlle Dateien in einer ZIP-Dateiā€œ. After downloading them unpack each of the configuration-files in the same folder
  • edit the file ā€žkipvpn.ovpnā€œ and remove ā€žc://Programme/OpenVPN/config/ā€œ before each filename and save it
  • install Tunnelblick
  • on the first start select ā€žIch habe Konfigurationsdateienā€œ/ā€œI have configuration filesā€œ -> and in the next windows ā€žOKā€œ
  • select ā€žkipvpn.ovpnā€œ in the browser and move it to the window of tunnelblick or the symbol of Tunnelblick on the top right and select to install it for one/every user
  • now click on ā€žverbinden kipvpnā€œ/ā€œconnect kipvpnā€œ, enter your KIP-username and the password, on the message you can select ā€žNicht mehr bei DNS-Probleme jeglicher Konfiguration warnenā€œ/ā€œDo not warn about this again for any configurationā€œ and press ā€œOkā€œ
  • open "VPN details", click on ā€žEinstellungenā€œ/ā€œSettingsā€œ beside ā€žLogā€œ at the top and select ā€žSƤmtlichen IPv4-Datenverkehr durch das VPN leitenā€œ/ā€œRoute all IPv4 traffic through the VPNā€œ
Tunnelblick-settings.png
  • now you can select ā€žverbindenā€œ/ā€œConnectā€œ to establish a connection to he KIP-network
  • donā€™t forget to close it, click ā€žtrennenā€œ/ā€œDisconnectā€œ

Linux

Linux users are advised to use x2go

  • Enter the hostname portal1.kip.uni-heidelberg.de or portal2.kip.uni-heidelberg.de with port 22

If no connection can be made, please log on to https://portal.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/, read the IP address in the right column and write to weis@kip.ui-heidelberg.de

And also Openvpn can be installed to establish the connection to KIP VPN Server as mentioned in https://portal.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/kipvpn/

Download the configuration files & copy them into /etc/openvpn/